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The Mystic Swing
(1900) United States of America
B&W : 60 feet
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: [?] ? [the first magician], [?] ? [the second magician], [?] ? [the first girl], [?] ? [the second girl].

[?] Edison Manufacturing Company or The Selig Polyscope Company? production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / © 21 March 1900 by Thomas A. Edison [D6368]. Released March 1900. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Despite some speculation that this film is actually a Georges Méliès film, the film has none of the Méliès style and he does not appear in the film. [?] The film is thought to have been duped by Selig and distributed in the USA by Edison. [?] Cinematography attributions to Edwin S. Porter may be in error.

[?] Trick film?

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 11 February 2011.

References: Film viewing : Website-AFI.

 
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